Stan Weaver

Stan Weaver

Personal information
Nationality	Welsh
Born	(1890-01-12)January 12, 1890 Swansea
Died	24 March 1973(1973-03-24) (aged 83) Radnorshire
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Swansea BC Llandrindod Wells BC
Medal record Men's Lawn bowls Representing  Wales British Empire Games 1934 London Pairs

Stanley James Weaver (1890-1973), was a Welsh lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.^[1][2]

Bowls career

At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the pairs event with Thomas Davies.^[3][4]

He bowled for the Swansea and Llandrindod Wells Bowls Clubs.^[5] He was a Welsh representative from 1927-1935 and was Welsh national champion on five occasions winning the singles in 1932,^[6] the pairs in 1934 and the rinks in 1925, 1927 & 1933.^[1][7]

Personal life

He was a building contractor by trade and married Elizabeth Charles in 1923.^[1]

References

1. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
2. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
4. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
5. "Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club History". Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club.
6. "W.B.A. Title won by Swansea man". Western Mail. 30 July 1932. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.